Combination-tool for use in applying and removing antiskid chains.



w; FEATHERINGILL; COMBINATION TOOL FOR USE IN APPLYING AND REMOVINGANTISKID CHAINS.

' NPPLICATION FILED JAN- 17 I914. 1,150,260.

Patented Aug. 17, I915.

WALTER FEATHERINGILL, OF SAET DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed January 17, 1531 To all z /lom 72mg, 1702mm" Be itknown that i. L'rae Fnn'rnnn- INGZLL. a citizen of the United States,and resident of San Diego, San Diego county, State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools forUse in Applyi g and Remova specification.

' his invention relates to a device for use in connecting anddisconnecting the ends of the anti-skid chains such are commonly used onautomobile wheels.

it has been my object to make a device for this purpose which shall besimple and strong in construction, which can be cheaply made, and whichcan be operated by anyone with ease to connect and disconnect the endsof the chains in applying them to the wheel.

The novel features of the invention will apparent from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the-drawings.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a side View of a portion of the wheelshowing my device in use when connecting the ends of the chain; Fig. 2is a similar view showing the device in use in disconnecting the ends;and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device at right angles to the viewshown in the other figuri es.

In the drawings, 1 have shown a rim. 1 of a wheel to which is appliedany usual rubber tire 2, and I have shown the usual chain 3 extendingaround the tire on the side and it will be understood that there ismembers to be engaged by the link 8 on the opposite end ofthe chain.

9 represents a sheet metal housing adaptl ed to fit over the hook, beingu-shaped in cross-section, and its purpose being to hold the link of thechainin place in the hook. It will, of course, be understood that inorder to remove the chain from the wheel it is necessary to disconnectthe ends of the chain 3, and in applying the chain to' the wheel it isnecessary to pull the ends of the chain 3 together, bringing the link 8into engagement with the hook and if this is done by hand it is often anawkward and difficult thing to do since the chain must be madereasonably tight.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Antiskid Chains, of which the following Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

liy invention embodies. a simple implement which occupies very littlespace in the tool-kit of the automobile owner, and which can be usedafter the chain is laid in place on the wheel to draw the ends togetherwith ease making the link enter the hook and which can also be used fortightening the chain so as to loosen the link inthe hook so as to permitit to be disconnected.

in the particular form shown my device consists of a body member made upof two parallel flat bars 10 and 11 which may be spaced apart at anysuitable point by spacing means such as the block 12. The space betweenthe side bars is just wide enough to .permit the hook 5 to enter easilybetween them, and the ends of the two bars are not too wide to enterfreely within the end of thelink 8. cross-pin 13 connects the two barsand it is adapted to enter the hook as shown in Fig. 1. A cross-pin 1ealso extends through the two side bars at some distance from the endandthose pins project outwardly from the member so that they will serveas stops when the end of the member is inserted'through the link 8, thesides of the link striking against the projecting ends of the pin 14.The bars 10 and 11 are preferably cut away on one side 15 between thepins 13 and 14, as shown in Fig. 1, and the opposite sides of the barsare cut away on a curve around the end of the pin 13 at the end of thememher.

It is believed that the operation of this part of the device will beapparent from the disclosure in Fig. 1. The end carrying the pin 13 isinserted through the link 8, that link dropping back against the pins14, and the end is then made to straddle the hook 5 with the pin 13entering the notch 6 in the hook. The operator then turns the device tothe right in Fig. 1, so as to bring the link and hook together, andafter the member has passed the position radial to the wheel the link 8will slide down theface of the two bars and will enter the notch 7 ofthe hook. The housing or keeper 9 is then closed and the chain is At oneend of the member, a

20 g and that-: ortioxivef tl1e-C1rain t0=theleft of bya' pin 18.Thie'arm has on its end a' hook l9wwhic h' is adapted to engage oneiofthe ,l lll 's b f tlie eha in as ,shown ainFi'g'. 2-.

' The side. of the' two bars between the pins 16 and 18- is preferablyput away on one, 'side, .and"on the Opposite side the end is'elit awayaroimdthepin 16. a

I I In iperamogiin removing the Chain the' wheel, the akeeper .01;housing 9 is first turnedback' te'the position "as shown in Fig.

2'and theend carrying theipin 161s mad'e to. straddle thehook withthevpin' entering thez liotch tfiieandr also ,enteringgthe link' 8Whidl' epas ses ialbng th f s'ides 1 off-" the hook enter Que (if:therlinks 0f the chain i nk '-:8.* The-Operator then mmthewdee:fi0fxrleft tonight; as shown -ii1:;E1g, 2,: ;the sresult being that"the --hdok 5 k :8 will be removed and: that niem en will ithen-zbemevedito disengage the :16;v freni' thefhqok and 1130 disengage the ltrwill ;bemnderstood thatimy invention d wither exac't position of-thethe ;shape= ofthe bar and that YriQgs-ieh' gesimeypbe madeein the spe;

eifi' gen truetioa of: the, device "Withbtt de;

vthe heokef an anti-skid cha-in; v and-' 'capabl'e [of freelyfeennectingthe twe bars -ofn of "sizidPi'l'lsfbf adaptedr'tb enterl thecheek ofi-the ehairi and parting f om the scope of my invention, J

set forth in the ;c 1faime.

11",Havingthlis deseibed mjinventinn tvnat 1S claimed 1s:

1. As'a newarticle of manufactnre a de:

vice ferapplymg anti-skid chains m eon nectlon,;with-,motqr vehicle,Wheelscomprising a leteij'eneend Of Whichis adapted to be insertedtnrough a-link of the;-'enain,z,a transverse pm in said endof'the" lever45 adapted-to "enter the hook member'bi the Y stop engaging the linkwhenwhe said end has entered 'the link a pi'edeter'xniried 'd' eyit en''end of zt link of' the eh chain, and means on said lever acting a

